mostahfiz gani, Whiteout (ANIMALS 2024)

This was taken in Hornstrandir, Iceland during the winter season where I had spent a few days observing the Arctic Fox Blue Morph. It was bitterly cold with biting arctic blizzards cutting through the inhospitable and uninhabited region. I monitored this arctic fox's movement pattern and knew the path it would take. It was a complete whiteout. I lay in the snow waiting to get a low angle shot of the fox surrounded by the white snow as it walked up the usual path, lowered its head and sniffed the snow for any morsel it could get find. The blizzard played havoc with my autofocus, nonetheless, I persevered and managed to take the shot. I knew I wanted this it be a black and white image, so I purposefully bumped up the ISO, hoping the grain would enhance the overall texture of the black and white image.

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